Data for 2002

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002

Name: Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002
Creator: UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2002, as MMEIG’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002 covers 195 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1,521.04; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.23. The middle country reads 65.97. Against 2001, 195 values changed (33 up, 162 down), the same countries are covered.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio · Data for 2002

HighestSouth Sudan

1,521.04

LowestCook Islands

0.23

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

195countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
194distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002, as published. MMEIG ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002: every country, as published by UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,521.04
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,495.72
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,492.29
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,262.52
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,199.00
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,141.17
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,120.90
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,116.65
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	916.15
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	834.60
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	825.94
12	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	772.16
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	743.50
14	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	723.58
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	699.95
16	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	677.23
17	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	658.26
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	649.22
19	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	636.27
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	602.37
21	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	601.43
22	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	592.55
23	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	589.67
24	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	588.37
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	550.39
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	534.39
27	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	531.47
28	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	507.84
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	484.13
30	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	465.29
31	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	464.43
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	453.54
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	447.20
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	436.42
35	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	434.25
36	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	427.65
37	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	426.74
38	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	417.66
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	415.76
40	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	413.91
41	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	410.38
42	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	404.02
43	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	403.65
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	398.73
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	380.19
46	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	375.16
47	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	364.37
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	346.52
49	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	331.27
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	330.12
51	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	329.25
52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	320.93
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	313.29
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	283.48
55	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	273.72
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	262.25
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	256.56
58	Suriname`SUR`South America	253.19
59	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	238.07
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	233.81
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	225.21
62	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	222.93
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	218.46
64	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	213.59
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	205.51
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	178.58
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	170.15
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	167.52
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	164.26
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	153.39
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	150.83
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	139.75
73	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	131.37
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	128.01
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	127.81
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	126.30
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	119.77
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	117.39
79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	114.50
80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	109.42
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	109.32
82	Peru`PER`South America	105.72
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	102.07
84	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.94
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	92.50
86	Colombia`COL`South America	91.27
87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	88.78
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.32
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	80.84
90	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	76.36
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	75.37
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.15
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	73.59
94	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	69.47
95	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	69.17
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	68.24
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.21
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.97
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	62.06
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	61.85
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.41
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.15
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	57.83
104	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	57.81
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.36
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.97
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	53.08
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.77
109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	48.35
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.08
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.73
112	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.56
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	46.58
114	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	46.28
115	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	45.96
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	45.85
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	45.36
118	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	45.20
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.47
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43.19
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	42.32
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.98
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.60
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.40
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.87
126	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.37
127	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.07
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.14
129	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	35.78
130	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.62
131	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	34.43
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.99
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.44
134	Chile`CHL`South America	30.40
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.93
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.31
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	28.28
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.26
139	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.32
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	22.51
141	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.20
142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.60
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	19.87
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.44
145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.25
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.57
147	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.12
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.67
149	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.62
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.17
151	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.24
152	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.78
153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.70
154	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13.60
155	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	13.59
156	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.47
157	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.20
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.17
159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.09
160	United States`USA`Northern America	12.98
161	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.68
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	11.19
163	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.99
164	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.63
165	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.60
166	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	10.26
=167	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10.16
=167	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.16
169	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.96
170	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.87
171	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.70
172	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.28
173	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.84
174	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.74
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.68
176	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.80
177	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.34
178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.28
179	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.24
180	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.18
181	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.05
182	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.76
183	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.50
184	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.21
185	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.15
186	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.73
187	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.67
188	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.51
189	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.49
190	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.40
191	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.33
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.11
193	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.63
194	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.21
195	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.23

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1South Sudan1,521.04
2Central African Republic1,495.72
3Sierra Leone1,492.29
4Afghanistan1,262.52
5Chad1,199.00

Lowest

195Cook Islands0.23
194Greece3.21
193Spain4.63
192Norway5.11
191Poland5.33

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 65.97. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
33 · 162rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Africa192.23 → 225.21+32.98
Eswatini306.58 → 331.27+24.69
Nauru298.66 → 320.93+22.27
Côte d’Ivoire404.52 → 426.74+22.22
Lesotho464.78 → 484.13+19.35

Fell most

Rwanda769.05 → 677.23−91.82
Guinea-Bissau1,222.14 → 1,141.17−80.97
Mozambique450.42 → 375.16−75.26
Namibia376.06 → 313.29−62.77
South Sudan1,580.06 → 1,521.04−59.02

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from MMEIG’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2002.
194 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 10.16. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
MMEIG publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 195 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) (2002). Maternal Mortality Ratio, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternal-mortality/2002

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